Bard_88 wrote:Hmm...This is probaly a stupid question, but how do you know when the next post will hit a new page ?

BTW, your post came up blank on my pc Aaron.

Wouldn,t say thats its a stupid question Bard 88 because I would also like to know the answer. Assume that Psycho 69 knows how many posts make up a page then after keeping a close eye on the number of postings he pounces when its time to TURN THE PAGE If this is the case, its also proof that Psycho has to much time on his hands.
Is this your correct proceedure Psycho or am I wrong

I think Friday night was the better gig over all - better support (LORD, compared to I NATION in Brisbane), and better music during the interval between bands (in sydney, they played Brand New's "Devil and god raging inside me" which is most awesome).

Think you,ll find Aaron that for the Sydney gig, cowboys was seated upstairs so his camera must have a strong zoom!! I was just off to the right of stage about 3 rows back so when Annette joined the others at the end going along the front of the stage handslapping fans, she was bending over right in front of me Got a great view of her lovely clevidge Didnt have a camera with me so no picture guys! Thats why Cowboys will now ALWAYS watch them up close to stage

MMMMAAAAAIIIIIIIIDDDEEEENNNN
Not a diehard fan like others here, but how fucking awesome are they!
Also great to see you on stage Stormster. Think they should,ve let all of you stay there for the whole song though

My latest development is that i,ll be seeing Whitesnake in Melbourne!!!
How this comes about is that i,m already in Melb from Sat 22 until Sun 30 March. Wanted to see them but couldn,t be done due to flying home at exactly the same time they,re on stage in Melbourne. Have just put my flight back until the next morning. Means that my Whitesnake ticket will cost me an additional $47 for the flight change. They better be good
Now have Essendon game & Whitesnake concert on the same day

Haldamir wrote:Its been a year since Blind Guardian toured here. They are still my favourite band and those two shows are my favourite gigs.

Was only thinking of that magical 1 year anniversary on the weekend to Haldamir. I also agree, my favourite two shows as well. Although I must confess that for me, Helloween are going to get close to toppling BG Although I have seen a setlist from one of their recent Japanese shows & with a couple of songs unexpectedly (well, in my opinion anyway) missing, BG should retain the title!!
Also noticed that a few people have gone missing on here since Maiden! Still recovering fellas???

Haldamir wrote:Its been a year since Blind Guardian toured here. They are still my favourite band and those two shows are my favourite gigs.

Was only thinking of that magical 1 year anniversary on the weekend to Haldamir. I also agree, my favourite two shows as well. Although I must confess that for me, Helloween are going to get close to toppling BG Although I have seen a setlist from one of their recent Japanese shows & with a couple of songs unexpectedly (well, in my opinion anyway) missing, BG should retain the title!!
Also noticed that a few people have gone missing on here since Maiden! Still recovering fellas???

Helloween only 1 week away! Starting to feel the excitement
They are playing in Jakarta tonight (fri) & the situation with the venue still has me dumbstruck! Originally they were scheduled to play in an indoor arena but the promoters were notified by police that they would have to hold it outdoors due to security reasons! Truly one of the most stupid decisions i,ve ever heard about anything!!!

Heres the setlist from a Tokyo show about 10 days ago.
1. Intro ( For Those About To Rock/ Crack The Riddle)
2. Halloween
3. Final Fortune
4. March Of Time
5. As Long As I Fall
6. A Tale That Wasnt Right
7. Dani,s Drum Solo
8. King For A 1000 Years
9. Eagle Fly Free
10. The Bells Of The Seven Hells
11. If I Could Fly
12. Dr Stein
Encore 1
Medley (I Can, Where The Rain Grows, Perfect Gentlemen, Power, Keeper Of The Seven Keys)
Encore 2
Future World
I Want Out

Also waiting to hear back from the Jakarta show last night.
Not going Stormster Working, lack of finances or both I hope!!! Big gig to miss!

Question for Aaron or Fil. Where is Red Moon again? Will mention it on the Helloween forum as there is a good chance that a couple of others on there will also want to go there after the gig on friday. Is that still the plan Bard 88? I plan to get to Young & Jacksons about 4 30-5pm. Hoping to catch up with some of my Essendon friends there as well. Just to piss me off, the Bombers are also playing on friday night. think its the 1st time that I go to Melb & the footy is not my top priority. Not flying home until sunday night so would,ve been nice if one of them was scheduled for saturday. Lucky the footy is only pre season!

Just getting my priorities straight stuey, need to balanace my funds, need to study a helluva lot, need to spend time with my girl, so instead of going to every gig under the sun I am picking and choosing. I thought, SAXON or HELLOWEEN. Saxon do more for me than Helloween, so the choice is easy.

Went to Soundwave yesterday - and it turned out to be sooo much better than last year. APART from the fact that it was 41 degrees celsius. Holy crap it was hot!!

I checked out CARPATHIAN, BLEEDING THROUGH, SHADOWS FALL, AS I LAY DYING, INFECTIOUS GROOVES and THE OFFSPRING.

Grooves were way fun - the smell of weed was most potent at their stage, 'spring played all the classics, but Bleeding Through were the highlight for me. Especially since I got the band to autograph my copy of THE TRUTH.

And their keyboardist Marta is seriously one of the hottest chicks in metal. And an absolute sweetheart too! I got Marta to autograph a poster for me, AND got a photo with her!!!!

I took a lot of photos, mainly of Marta, which you can checkout on my facebook:

German Metal legens HELLOWEEN will be doing an instore appearance / signing this THURSDAY 28TH February.

They wil be appearing at JB HI FI Sydney City - The Galeries Victoria, 500 George Street, Sydney from 3 - 4pm.

Helloween will be signing copies of their new album 'Gambling with the Devil'

Then catch them live at the METRO THEATRE that night with Black Majesty and Pain Divison!!!
Oh Cowboys can I marry you?????
That is bloody fantastic! I rang utpoia a couple of days ago asking about any instore, but when they had nothing I figured that it would be unlikely anyone else would do anything so gave up on the issue!
Perfect timing as well as I planned to get into the city early on thursday.
Because you have made my day Cowboys, i,ll try & get a few things signed & one of them can be yours!!!!
Thanks so so much once again for that Cowboys. Wouldn,t have heard of it otherwise. I owe you bigtime dude!!

Almost 3am & I,m finally home from Helloween,s Sydney odessy!!
Oh what a fucking day!! Instore & the concert!
The good news is that Melbourne is going to be even better! Apparently close to 1000 have been sold! Almost double the Sydney crowd!!!
Really need to go to bed because I have to manage & try to get a few hours sleep before flying to Melbourne.
Will post more info once I get back from Melbourne. Plenty of photos taken by George (from the helloween forum) from both the instore & the gig which should be revealed on here soon.
Long live Helloween!!!!

As I thought it would Helloween,s Melb show kicked Sydneys arse!! Mosh pit going off at the forum where in Sydney it was only a handful of people (including myself) showing any major excitement! Starting to feel the affects of the last two days, but it was worth every minute! Would,ve been nice to hear a song or two different in Melb but hey, in no way can I complain!
Great to catch up with you Aaron at Red Moon after the gig. Enjoyed it very much been able to sit back in comfy lounges after a major gig with metal playing & beer in hand. Never saw Bard 88 after he left Young & Jacksons before the gig. Enjoy the show mate? Was looking for you there early but gave up!
Also mention that I,ve now got a Vanishing Point drumstick in my possession. George (my new helloween buddy) caught it but insisted that I have it because it was the first time i,d seen them live. Considering that hes a drummer himself I thought it was a great gesture. Actually came close to catching a stick of one Dani Loble.
Ah well, my two magical days of Helloween are now over. Back to the reality of the shit called work. February 16 & 17 2007 ( Blind Guardian) & February 28 & 29 2008 (Helloween) is for me what helps make life so great! If only it could happen more often.

stuey wrote:As I thought it would Helloween,s Melb show kicked Sydneys arse!! Mosh pit going off at the forum where in Sydney it was only a handful of people (including myself) showing any major excitement! Starting to feel the affects of the last two days, but it was worth every minute! Would,ve been nice to hear a song or two different in Melb but hey, in no way can I complain!
Great to catch up with you Aaron at Red Moon after the gig. Enjoyed it very much been able to sit back in comfy lounges after a major gig with metal playing & beer in hand. Never saw Bard 88 after he left Young & Jacksons before the gig. Enjoy the show mate? Was looking for you there early but gave up!
Also mention that I,ve now got a Vanishing Point drumstick in my possession. George (my new helloween buddy) caught it but insisted that I have it because it was the first time i,d seen them live. Considering that hes a drummer himself I thought it was a great gesture. Actually came close to catching a stick of one Dani Loble.
Ah well, my two magical days of Helloween are now over. Back to the reality of the shit called work. February 16 & 17 2007 ( Blind Guardian) & February 28 & 29 2008 (Helloween) is for me what helps make life so great! If only it could happen more often.

stuey wrote:As I thought it would Helloween,s Melb show kicked Sydneys arse!! Mosh pit going off at the forum where in Sydney it was only a handful of people (including myself) showing any major excitement! Starting to feel the affects of the last two days, but it was worth every minute! Would,ve been nice to hear a song or two different in Melb but hey, in no way can I complain!
Great to catch up with you Aaron at Red Moon after the gig. Enjoyed it very much been able to sit back in comfy lounges after a major gig with metal playing & beer in hand. Never saw Bard 88 after he left Young & Jacksons before the gig. Enjoy the show mate? Was looking for you there early but gave up!
Also mention that I,ve now got a Vanishing Point drumstick in my possession. George (my new helloween buddy) caught it but insisted that I have it because it was the first time i,d seen them live. Considering that hes a drummer himself I thought it was a great gesture. Actually came close to catching a stick of one Dani Loble.
Ah well, my two magical days of Helloween are now over. Back to the reality of the shit called work. February 16 & 17 2007 ( Blind Guardian) & February 28 & 29 2008 (Helloween) is for me what helps make life so great! If only it could happen more often.

Great to see you too Stuey!

I had a cunt of a hangover the next day (work at 9am) and a headache all day.

Stormster wrote:Not me, the only gigs in my near future are WASP and SAXON. Stuey you're a legend!

Whitesnake in Melbourne is it for me, unfortunately due to my work situation having changed last wednesday, concerts & most other things I like doing that cost reasonable amounts of money have to be canned for the time being!
Trying to make a long story short, the work redundancy situation is NO LONGER I cannot turn back from my trip to the Caribbean in May so along with the trip to Broome afterwards that I have to now fulfill as well, I have to seriously save every fucking cent. Will probably have to cash in some of my work shares as well to ensure everything can get paid smoothly. It,s even got to the stage where going out drinking is banned!! All this because management at my work went back on their in principle agreement to pay redundancies to whoever wanted one. Fuck I hate their guts
Also gone by the wayside is a decent time during the 9 days i,m in Melbourne! Was expecting to do more than go to the 2 Essendon games + Whitesnake concert, but now looks like i,ll have to stay indoors at Brunswick way to much!
Flared up just before my 2 days of Helloween. Didnt let it get to me in that time because I wasnt going to have Helloween ruined by fucking morons. Now though i,m seriously pissed off!
Hope you all had a good day!!

Yeh stuey, remember talking to you about that at Ratt, remember you telling me whoever wanted to be made redundant could. Fuck thats shit. Dont worry man, its all good. Stuey, when you got parties n shit happening or when u go out on weekends n shit let me knowm, havent seen ya since ratt!

Yeh stuey, remember talking to you about that at Ratt, remember you telling me whoever wanted to be made redundant could. Fuck thats shit. Dont worry man, its all good. Stuey, when you got parties n shit happening or when u go out on weekends n shit let me knowm, havent seen ya since maiden! and that was brief since i had to leave!

That sucks arse stuey - but you never know, the opportunity may arise again in the future. And if it does, you'll get even MORE money then!

No idea what is happening with my work (STILL). Got a meeting with the company, EDS, who could be taking us over next Thursday. Day before Easter, so the fuckers better not have news that will spoil my holiday!!

Stuey - the Helloween autographs arrived yesterday!! Thanks SO much for that!! I will put an unsigned Gambling With The Devil cd in the mail for you soon, along with a DVD of a HEAP of cool stuff (Kamelot, Epica, After Forever, and of course Helloween's entire back-catalog!).

All may not be lost on the redundancy guys! Legal action is now a possibility! Just so happens that at my mates wedding last saturday, was another friend of his that i,d met many years ago but hadnt seen since. Turns out that hes a lawyer who specializes in industrial law!! After informing him of my situation he thinks that its a winnable case. Few other workmates are also looking into it as well. How great it would be to stick it up those fucking cunts in court & win! Alot to happen though in the next few weeks so will see how things pan out!

cowboys wrote:That sucks arse stuey - but you never know, the opportunity may arise again in the future. And if it does, you'll get even MORE money then!

No idea what is happening with my work (STILL). Got a meeting with the company, EDS, who could be taking us over next Thursday. Day before Easter, so the fuckers better not have news that will spoil my holiday!!

Stuey - the Helloween autographs arrived yesterday!! Thanks SO much for that!! I will put an unsigned Gambling With The Devil cd in the mail for you soon, along with a DVD of a HEAP of cool stuff (Kamelot, Epica, After Forever, and of course Helloween's entire back-catalog!).

CHILDREN OF BODOM in late-June will probably be the next gig for me

Holy shit Children of Bodom! got a link man?

Edit: 10 Mar 2008 - Children Of Bodom goes Down Under

The band will embark on a minitour to Australia and New Zealand. Here are the dates:

Not interested in Bodom myself, but its great for those of you who are. Stuey, thats some good news i guess. I tend not to dablle with law and lawyers cause it costs to much money and they know how to screw you over legally. Not that I've had any really bad wrong-doings done to me, but I'm just sayiing. However, a redundancy payoput, especially the figures you were talking about, is probably worth fighting for, especially when you have an argument.